Focused Academic Motivating Excellence (FAME)

Ms. Gladys Clay
Director of FAME

Contact Information
Polly Brooks Building, Office 210
Phone: (904) 470-8780  E-mail: gladys.clay@ewc.edu

Mission

The mission of the Focused Academic Motivating Excellence (FAME) program is to promote cognitive and effective growth of students in order to prepare them for college-level work. FAME is designed to assist academically under-prepared students to increase their proficiency levels in the areas of English/writing, reading/study skills, and mathematics. Program placement is based on a college-level readiness screening test (ACT/SAT/CPT). This program is also designed to appeal directly to the multicultural students by using the language and idioms that are a part of their specific culture. Within the Christian atmosphere of the college, students will learn how to succeed not only academically, but also spiritually.

Goals

• To provide academic direction to students so they can become and remain academically successful.
• To increase course completion rates of students.
• To increase the retention and graduation rate of students enrolled in two or more developmental courses.

Objectives

• Conduct activities that will offer early exposure to academic expectations.
• Assess academic skills and place students in appropriate courses.
• Provide strong academic advising and academic counseling to students.
• Design and administer an Academic Enrichment Services Participation Agreement for students.
• Develop an assessment plan.
• Collaborate with faculty in referring students, in monitoring students, and in reporting academic progress.
• Initiate a required study hall for all FAME students.
• Implement a peer mentoring and peer tutoring programs to provide one-on-one support for FAME students.

Session Outcomes

• Understand the instructional architecture, content, and learning activities from the instructor's and the learner's perspectives.
• Implement and use the product in the program or classroom.
• Navigate the lesson structure, features, and tools.
• Use online and offline tests, if applicable.
• Use the reporting resources.
• Design a learner orientation.

FAME also provides peer tutoring and peer mentoring not only to FAME students but to the entire student body.